traders and wall street investors who'd bet on the company's share prices to fall. now on bbc news — panorama. icame i came down with some symptoms first and a couple of days later he did. i got it, mum got it, the kids got it. the cough is a big thing, the sound of the cough, the sound of a covid cough, once you have heard it, you can't forget it.

we had promised that we would look after him. and we couldn't, we couldn't do that because he was... i'm sorry. i said i will love you forever. i said. — said i will love you forever. i said, thank you for giving me the honour of being your wife. took my hand out of his hands me both — took my hand out of his hands me both looked at each other. that _ me both looked at each other. that is— me both looked at each other. that is only had to call it.

rian was funny one when i met her. he is to go everywhere together, whether it was shopping or holidays or walks and she was fine, bubbly, very kind. always happy, laughing and smiling. she was my best friend, yes. rian was asked to go to work at chapman races. she said it was just so busy working there. there is like a 10 day incubation period before you start to show signs which would put her at chapman races when she started to become

unwell. she lived on her own and there was no way i could go inside to see if she was ok. ijust had to keep ringing her, taking her food and messaging her really. i rang rian and there was no answer. and ijust knew. iam the i am the one who had the keys to the flats i went over. and i just knew exactly where she would be. iwalked just knew exactly where she would be. i walked past to bedrooms. i knew she wouldn't be in bed and ifound her on the couch dad. i had to wait for the ambulance crew and i had to wait for the police to arrive. —— dead. so ijust

stayed with her. i held her hand and i said, what happened? i said, what happened rian. hand and i said, what happened? isaid, what happened rian. i was always happy and bubbly and i think there is a part of me thatis i think there is a part of me that is gone. my my name is emma and i lost my husband jamie when i was 37 to covid—safe. he wasjust husband jamie when i was 37 to covid—safe. he was just 38, husband jamie when i was 37 to covid—safe. he wasjust 38, it was four days before my birthday. you're sitting like you are a human. he was wonderful, he was so

funny, so quickwitted. he would say, if i have crossed the line, he would say you have crossed that line straight over and is what made him the funny and is what made him the funny and he was. his passion was food, he was a chef. he was a massive liverpool fan, massive liverpool fan. they were everything to him. if you first met him, you would think he was the quiet ones but he was taking it all in and sussing you out. he was a loyal man. a lot of people said to me after he died that he was a really unassuming man and i never knew what it was, had never heard before. and i googled it and i think it sums him up really well, he was a lovely man. he kee -s well, he was a lovely man. he keeps splashing! it was - well, he was a lovely man. he keeps splashing! it was things like, as nighttime _ keeps splashing! it was things like, as nighttime when - keeps splashing! it was things like, as nighttime when he - keeps splashing! it was things| like, as nighttime when he got up like, as nighttime when he got up in the night, i would lift up up in the night, i would lift up the duvet for him to get

backin up the duvet for him to get back in and it was a thing i wasted and he said it warmed to his heart when i did that and it isjust his heart when i did that and it is just what i his heart when i did that and it isjust what i did, to his heart when i did that and it is just what i did, to lift the duvet to put it back over him. at the counter three, you got to blow it and the same wish. one, two, three. got to the car park, parked and got out of the car and i had this really weird sense of calmness and i thought, he's gone, he is gone. i voice had a real strong leave, you choose who you are with at the end. i was at the belief in a dinnerware comes from but i believe he didn't want me to see him go. as i was running towards the thing, this white forever, it landed in front of me and i looked up at the sky and i said, you've gone, you have gone —— feather.

isaid,| i said, i will love you forever, i said... i said, i will love you forever, isaid... thank i said, i will love you forever, i said... thank you forever, i said... thank you for giving me the honour of being your wife. i said, because when he proposed, he asked me would he give me the honour of being his wife and i said thank you for giving me the honour of being your wife. i said i will love you forever. i said i will love you forever. i said i will love you forever. i said thank you for the life we have shared. my name is roger silver and 33 years old and i'm here to talk about— years old and i'm here to talk about the _ years old and i'm here to talk about the passing of my father who was— about the passing of my father who was a bus driver. he was honoured to drive the

london buses because he felt privileged to take people around and do the job properly. i think my father got it when he was — i think my father got it when he was driving the buses. he does — he was driving the buses. he does the _ he was driving the buses. he does the south london roots and ifeel— does the south london roots and i feel every second, every minute, _ i feel every second, every minute, every hour he is encountering the people, the passengers. that is why i believe _ passengers. that is why i believe he has got it. he started to feel unwell. it was — he started to feel unwell. it was a — he started to feel unwell. it was a cough, temperature, loss of taste — was a cough, temperature, loss of taste and loss of smell. and in the — of taste and loss of smell. and in the second week, that is when — in the second week, that is when i _ in the second week, that is when i noticed he didn't come out of— when i noticed he didn't come out of his— when i noticed he didn't come out of his room. that is when i started — out of his room. that is when i started to _ out of his room. that is when i started to worry. i noticed when _ started to worry. i noticed when i _ started to worry. i noticed when i went into the room and i spoke _ when i went into the room and i spoke to— when i went into the room and i spoke to him, it looked like he was running out of breath. my mom — was running out of breath. my mom called me back to check on him and — mom called me back to check on

him and i went into his room and it is when i found him unconscious on the bed. what i tried _ unconscious on the bed. what i tried to — unconscious on the bed. what i tried to do _ unconscious on the bed. what i tried to do was to revive him, doing — tried to do was to revive him, doing cpr _ tried to do was to revive him, doing cpr for 20 minutes whitem _ doing cpr for 20 minutes whitem i_ doing cpr for 20 minutes while... i was on the phone to call— while... i was on the phone to call 999 — while... i was on the phone to call 999 to— while... i was on the phone to call 999 to ask for a paramedic to come — call 999 to ask for a paramedic to come along. i torture myself sometimes because i ask myself the what — sometimes because i ask myself the what ifs? what if i called the what ifs? what if i called the ambulance earlier? what if he went— the ambulance earlier? what if he went to hospital? isaid dad, i said dad, can you hold is matteo— i said dad, can you hold is matteo and he held on for the first time _ matteo and he held on for the first time took a couple of shots _ first time took a couple of shots on _ first time took a couple of shots on my phone not knowing that would be the last time he would — that would be the last time he would ever hold him. this picture _ would ever hold him. this picture is _ would ever hold him. this picture is the meaning of life. this— picture is the meaning of life. this is—

picture is the meaning of life. this is what i could say to my sorr— this is what i could say to my son monday, i will say, this is your— son monday, i will say, this is your grandad. this is the only picture — your grandad. this is the only picture that you have of him, you _ picture that you have of him, you need _ picture that you have of him, you need to cherish that. i have lost my mother and i am a pharmacist on the frontline. my mother was a really loud personality. wherever she went, she would make her presence felt. it is normally through food. she would always like to feed people and make people happy, right? feed people and make people happy. right?— happy, right? yes. i think the hardest part _ happy, right? yes. i think the hardest part of— happy, right? yes. i think the hardest part of having - happy, right? yes. i think the hardest part of having lost. happy, right? yes. i think the| hardest part of having lost her is the quietness in the house for sure and just knowing that someone had your back. you know that encouragement that she always gave and the freedom

that she gave us. i think she was most proud of how we were frontline workers fruit covid —— through. we made sure that we took all of the precautions we could. taste sure that we took all of the precautions we could. we booked and airbnb _ precautions we could. we booked and airbnb on _ precautions we could. we booked and airbnb on the _ precautions we could. we booked and airbnb on the purpose - precautions we could. we booked and airbnb on the purpose of- precautions we could. we booked and airbnb on the purpose of me | and airbnb on the purpose of me and airbnb on the purpose of me and mitesh would go and live there so that we could have the separation from mum and dad and the kids, so we wouldn't ring back the risk of passing it on to them. but i came down with

symptoms first and then i had to isolate and then it was a snowball effect from there. a couple of days after, mitesh got it, dad got it, mum got it, the kids got it.— the kids got it. mum was very u set at the kids got it. mum was very upset at the _ the kids got it. mum was very upset at the thought - the kids got it. mum was very upset at the thought of - the kids got it. mum was very upset at the thought of going | upset at the thought of going into hospital on her own. i into hospital on her own. i think you could see the fear in her eyes because she almost, i feel, she probably felt that she probably wasn't going to come back. i know i personally dealt celtic because i was the first want to get the covid symptoms —— felt the guilt, and you passed this on and because this. ., ., ., this. even now, we have covid vaccination — this. even now, we have covid vaccination clinics _ this. even now, we have covid vaccination clinics and - this. even now, we have covid vaccination clinics and i - this. even now, we have covid vaccination clinics and i feel. vaccination clinics and i feel like a real passion for it. i think it is mixed emotions of work at the moment with passion for trying to be able to help other families and spare them from the grief we have gone

through in the last year also daunting because the risk is still there and we still have dad at home. i only came into the job i only came into thejob on i only came into the job on the 17th of march so i started and covid took off. so yes, it was a baptism of fire really. my name is sara ross and i manage four care homes for west berkshire council. at the homes, we have had our break in three of the four. the cough is a big thing, the sound of the cough. you could literally walk down a corridor and from both sides here that horrible, rattling, constant cough and

exhaustion. exhaustion, you know people cough and they are so exhausted. you can hear all of that and it is horrible. all three of the homes which got outbreaks were bad but for us i would say the worst of it, which was the recent one. the medical staff said that they thought it was the new variant. it spread like wildfire. that home in particular, we lost nine residents with coronavirus. i have held the hands of many people who have succumbed to coronavirus, covid—i9, and sat with them while there have been in the last moments of their lives. it is very traumatic.

she was amazing. she was like four felt io, she was amazing. she was like fourfelt 10, four she was amazing. she was like four felt 10, four foot 11 and she was the matriarch of the family. this photo that i took of my grandmother, me holding her hand, was taken the first time i visited her when we found out she was covid positive. it was very evident that she was not going to make it. i had to... facetime my mum to say goodbye to my gran and thatis to say goodbye to my gran and that is probably one of the worst things i have ever done and i wouldn't wish that on anyone. every time i have gone into work and i have been scared to go to work, i have been scared to go to work at times, i thought that my gran was pushing me on. she was there, behind me like a little angel.

i am doing it for her. my name is lorraine and kevin was 58 i is lorraine and kevin was 58 and had learning disabilities. kevin was a popular person. the whole town loved kevin and if we took him out it took us ages to get downtown because he spent all the time talking to everyone and he knew everyone and you liked to be a part of the community. kevin did fundraising for all kinds of things. for mountain rescue teams, for the local hospital, basically anything that wanted fundraising, kevin wanted to be

there and to do with. this fundraising, kevin wanted to be there and to do with.— there and to do with. this is our there and to do with. this is your old _ there and to do with. this is your old mate _ there and to do with. this is your old mate kevin. - there and to do with. this is your old mate kevin. social| your old mate kevin. social distancing. _ your old mate kevin. social distancing. i— your old mate kevin. social distancing. i was _ your old mate kevin. social distancing. i was allowed . your old mate kevin. social| distancing. i was allowed to see him a couple of days before he died so i did get to say goodbye to him. to he died so i did get to say goodbye to him. and the ladies. it was very emotional. very _ and the ladies. it was very l emotional. very emotional. and the ladies. it was very . emotional. very emotional. it was difficult to see him lying there and he kept saying help me and that was awful. perhaps we didn't realise how proud i was until i lost him and i saw the effect he had had on so many people. it was only on his passing that i really realised just how much kevin meant to everybody else out there as well. if you could have seen the attention you got at —— he

got at his funeral. and could have seen the people and the affection they felt for him, he would have absolutely loved it. and they all came up at the mountain rescue and the fire brigade had their sirens going. the haulage company drove through the town, sounding their horns. people from the football team were socially distanced on the field clapping and whistling. and the local post lady walked up and down the town with kevin's photo so there was lots and lots of noise on the day of his funeral. and he always used to say to me i'm famous, i'm famous in cockermouth. and now he is famous. he really would have appreciated it. he

he is famous. he really would have appreciated it.— have appreciated it. he would have appreciated it. he would have loved — have appreciated it. he would have loved it. _ have appreciated it. he would have loved it. i— have appreciated it. he would have loved it. i love _ have loved it. i love you all. ta-ta. have loved it. i love you all. ta-ta- my — have loved it. i love you all. ta-ta. my name _ have loved it. i love you all. ta-ta. my name is - have loved it. i love you all. ta-ta. my name is an - have loved it. i love you all. j ta-ta. my name is an brown have loved it. i love you all. - ta-ta. my name is an brown and my father-in-law _ ta-ta. my name is an brown and my father-in-law was _ ta-ta. my name is an brown and my father-in-law was john - my father—in—law was john brown. he suddenly passed away on december five after a hospital admission on decemberfive after a hospital admission from contracting covid in the hospital. i do not have a father so he became the father figure in my life. he was always helping us with everything. he wasjust always helping us with everything. he was just a really supportive and loving father. my husband found him on the bathroom floor and at that point it was actually the day of my mother—in—law�*s funeral.

when we got back to the wake, because you could still have a small wake then, he said he was in a lot of pain so we decided to ring ourgp in a lot of pain so we decided to ring our gp and she said to ring the ambulance and we did that. we rang the ambulance and he went off with my husband, his son, into hospital. we had done ourjob and kept him safe and the one place that should have been safe, he was not. we had promised shirley that we would look after him. and we couldn't. we couldn't do that. he was a good, honest, hard—working man and he deserved better than what he

got. i deserved better than what he not. ., deserved better than what he lot, ., ., ., deserved better than what he got. i am norman wellington, cameron's— got. i am norman wellington, cameron's dad. _ got. i am norman wellington, cameron's dad. i _ got. i am norman wellington, cameron's dad. i am - got. i am norman wellington, cameron's dad. i am joan, - got. i am norman wellington, cameron's dad. i am joan, hisj cameron's dad. i am joan, his mother — cameron's dad. i am joan, his mother. ., , cameron's dad. i am joan, his mother-_ he - cameron's dad. i am joan, his mother._ he was - cameron's dad. i am joan, his mother._ he was a l mother. you first. he was a fantastic — mother. you first. he was a fantastic little _ mother. you first. he was a fantastic little mug. - mother. you first. he was a fantastic little mug. he - fantastic little mug. he absolutely _ fantastic little mug. he absolutely loved - fantastic little mug. he absolutely loved sports fantastic little mug. he - absolutely loved sports and he absolutely _ absolutely loved sports and he absolutely loved _ absolutely loved sports and he absolutely loved wrestling. - absolutely loved sports and he absolutely loved wrestling. he j absolutely loved wrestling. he was doing _ absolutely loved wrestling. he was doing really— absolutely loved wrestling. he was doing really well- absolutely loved wrestling. he was doing really well in - was doing really well in wrestling _ was doing really well inl wrestling and he wanted was doing really well in - wrestling and he wanted to make it bid _ wrestling and he wanted to make it bid it— wrestling and he wanted to make it bid if he — wrestling and he wanted to make it bid if he was _ wrestling and he wanted to make it big. if he was able _ wrestling and he wanted to make it big. if he was able to. - wrestling and he wanted to make it big. if he was able to. we - it big. if he was able to. we

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ever— when you are ready, not let you ever will— when you are ready, not let you ever will be, _ when you are ready, not let you ever will be, but... _ when you are ready, not let you ever will be, but... and - when you are ready, not let you ever will be, but... and we - ever will be, but... and we notice _ ever will be, but... and we notice the _ ever will be, but... and we notice the colour— ever will be, but... and we notice the colour going - ever will be, but... and we notice the colour going outj ever will be, but... and we i notice the colour going out of his hands _ notice the colour going out of his hands-— notice the colour going out of his hands. . , ., his hands. that is when we had to call it- _ his hands. that is when we had to call it. he passed away on i to call it. he passed away on november 19, 2020 at ten minutes to three in the afternoon. we feel like he is still— afternoon. we feel like he is still part— afternoon. we feel like he is still part of our life. he afternoon. we feel like he is still part of our life.- still part of our life. he is still part of our life. he is still mentioned _ still part of our life. he is still mentioned a - still part of our life. he is still mentioned a lot - still part of our life. he is still mentioned a lot in i still part of our life. he is l still mentioned a lot in the house _ still mentioned a lot in the house we _ still mentioned a lot in the house. we have _ still mentioned a lot in the house. we have him - still mentioned a lot in the house. we have him at- still mentioned a lot in the . house. we have him at home still mentioned a lot in the - house. we have him at home at the moment— house. we have him at home at the moment because _ house. we have him at home at the moment because we - house. we have him at home at the moment because we have i house. we have him at home at. the moment because we have his ashes _ the moment because we have his ashes on — the moment because we have his ashes on top _ the moment because we have his ashes on top of _ the moment because we have his ashes on top of the _ the moment because we have his ashes on top of the table. - the moment because we have his ashes on top of the table. he - ashes on top of the table. he did spend _ ashes on top of the table. he did spend christmas - ashes on top of the table. he did spend christmas with - ashes on top of the table. he did spend christmas with us, | ashes on top of the table. he i did spend christmas with us, in one way —

did spend christmas with us, in one way but _ did spend christmas with us, in one way. but it— did spend christmas with us, in one way. but it is— did spend christmas with us, in one way. but it is odd - did spend christmas with us, in one way. but it is odd letting i one way. but it is odd letting him — one way. but it is odd letting him go _ jan was my auntie on my dad's side, my dad's sister. she was just very caring and always there. she was somebody that was reliable, dependable, consistent. we called her the blue of the family. . she had been a school teacher for 35 years. so she was special educational needs co—ordinator. i know she absolutely loved her job. she loved that school and

she loved the pupils. she loved her colleagues. she was very, very aware of how dangerous iris was. not at one point did she moan about going to work. it was not that she ever did not want to be there, she enjoyed herjob and was passionate about herjob. but never at one point did we think that it would be jan next. she woke up, she felt very concerned about her health. she phoned 999 at around midday. her oxygen was very low and they made a note that in the ambulance, even in that very short period of time, her health deteriorated very quickly. and at 625 that was the last time her heart... yeah. beat. so it stopped at

625. on christmas day. our auntie jan. 625. on christmas day. our auntiejan. yeah. nobody can say where she picked up this virus but what we can say is that if there was and it had happened sooner, she would not have been out and about, which she still be with us? i do think the answer is yes.

sometimes you can be ok and then— sometimes you can be ok and then minutes later you can be a wreci

different. i everything. everything is different.— everything. everything is different. . different. i don't really want to talk about _ different. i don't really want to talk about numbers - different. i don't really want i to talk about numbers because to talk about numbers because to us they are all people and they are all people we cared about. we have lost a lot of lovely people. hello there. after some heavy overnight rain and the risk of some minorflooding in places, if you go into friday, the most persistent rain will be across the southern half of scotland. to the north of it, cold winds

and the risk of sleet and snow. to the south, mild and strong winds. we have heavy showers across southern england, clearing to brighter skies. there could be some sunshine, mixing with mist and fog before clouding up to patchy rain. rain on and off in northern ireland, not too substantial but the snow will clear out of northern scotland, moving into southern scotland as a lighter feature but the cold air will be pushing on with sunshine and the cold air working southwards with sleet and snow friday into saturday. saturday morning, a weather front approaches the atlantic. there is a potential across parts of wales, central and southern england for significant snow. a big question on how much snow and where it will be but the further north you are on saturday, the drier and brighter your weekend will be. goodbye for now.

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